PISISTRATUS

pīsĭsˈtrətəs, 605?–527 b.c., Greek statesman, tyrant of Athens. His power was founded on the cohesion of the rural citizens, whom he consolidated with farseeing land laws. His coup (c.560 b.c.) was probably not unpopular. His rivals, the Alcmaeonidae and the aristocracy, managed to exile him twice, but in his last years he established himself sufficiently to leave Athens in the hands of his sons, Hippias and Hipparchus. He first won Salamis for Athens and established Attic hegemony in the Dardanelles. He did much to enhance Athenian cultural prestige, held great festivals like the Panathenaea, and beautified the city. His building efforts included fountains and temples, such as the great temple of Zeus at Athens. He had an official text of Homer written down. His name also appears as Peisistratus.

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Dictionary of World Biography: The Ancient World - Vol. 1
Book by Frank N. Magill; Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998
Subjects: World History
PISISTRATUS Born: c. 612 B.C.; near Athens...Contribution: As benevolent tyrant of Athens, Pisistratus prepared the way for the birth of Athenian...expectations and possibilities. Early Life Pisistratus family reputedly came from Pylos on...
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Studies of the Gods in Greece at Certain Sanctuaries Recently Excavated: Being Eight Lectures Given in 1890 at the Lowell Institute
Book by Louis Dyer; Macmillan and Co., 1894
Subjects: Cults--Greece, Greece--Antiquities, Greece--Religion
...tire in relating anecdotes to show how Pisistratus befriended the tillers of the fields...chapter 16 re-enforces this point. Pisistratus did everything in his power to make...in the Hymettus district accosted at Pisistratus command while digging with a ? "spike...
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Homer and the Epic
Book by Andrew Lang; Longmans Green, 1893
Subjects: Epic Poetry--History And Criticism, Homer--Criticism And Interpretation
...Homeri , quotes an epigram on a statue of Pisistratus: Thrice held I the tyranny, and as...expel me, and again call me back, me, Pisistratus, great in councils, who collected...Wolfs evidence for his statement that Pisistratus first had Homer committed to writing...
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Athenian Religion: A History
Book by Robert Parker; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Athens (Greece)--Religion, Greece--Religion
...less callow than Herodotus supposed. Pisistratus entry was not a trick but a piece of...fiction as an expression of the truth that Pisistratus was the man of the hour for Athenas...occasion and when he first seized power, Pisistratus target was the acropolis, the mystic...
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Electra and the Empty Urn: Metatheater and Role Playing in Sophocles
Book by Mark Ringer; University of North Carolina Press, 1998
Subjects: Drama--Technique, Electra (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Greek Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, Mythology, Greek, In Literature, Role Playing In Literature, Sophocles--Electra, Sophocles--Technique
...power. Herodotus describes the rise of Pisistratus, the future tyrant of Athens, who...at the City Dionysia in 534 B.C. Pisistratus, according to Herodotus, would stoop...him a chosen guard of citizens. . . . Pisistratus rose and took the Acropolis; and Pisistratus...
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Firearms Possession by "non-state Actors": the Question of Sovereignty
Journal article by David B. Kopel, Paul Gallant, Joanne D. Eisen; Texas Review of Law & Politics, Vol. 8, 2004
...sixth century B.C., a tyrant named Pisistratus took over Athens.32 Aristotle explained...made a signal to him that it was done. Pisistratus accordingly, when he had finished the...manage all the business of the state.33 Pisistratus was succeeded by his son Hippias.34...
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Slavery and the Multiple Self
Journal article by Malcolm Bull; New Left Review, Vol. a, 1998
Subjects: Right And Left (Political Science), Socialism
...necessary stage in the history of nations and individuals and hence only relatively justified. Citing the Athenian tyrant Pisistratus one of Aristotles stock examples of tyranny in the Politics he argued that his tyranny had taught the Athenians obedience...
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Rethinking Arbitral Preclusion
Journal article by Gerard J. Sanders; Law and Policy in International Business, Vol. 24, 1992
Subjects: Commercial arbitration--Analysis, Res judicata--Analysis
...35.) Ralph, supra note 33, at 32. (36.) Harrell, supra note 34, at 1. The policy is there attributed to Pisistratus. Id. (37.) Freeman, supra note 30, at 7. (38.) Thomas Ireland, Cokes Abridgement 274-275 (London, Leach 1813...
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Unprintable Folklore? the Vance Randolph Collection
Journal article by G. Legman; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 103, 1990
Subjects: Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...and rewrote their heroic legends into the form we call "Homer" in the 5th century B.C., at the command of the tyrant Pisistratus, folk-fakers too? I think the most temperate statement here is that of a complete outsider to folklore, the brilliant...
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Voyaging with Odysseus: The Wile and Resilience of Virtue
Journal article by John Rees Moore; Humanitas, Vol. 13, 2000
Subjects: Fagles, Robert--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Homer--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Odyssey (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Virtue--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...thereby giving further proof that he is truly the son of his illustrious father. Loaded down with supplies and accompanied by Pisistratus, Nestors son, they make their way by land to Sparta. Menelaus and Helen, apparently now content with her house-wifely...
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'An Army of Lovers:' the Sacred Band of Thebes
Magazine article by Louis Crompton; History Today, Vol. 44, November 1994
Subjects: Gay military personnel--History, Greece--History, Homosexuality--History
...culture and philosophy on such leaders as Pisistratus, Pericles, Timotheus and Agesilaus...have bound such leaders as Solon and Pisistratus by intimate personal ties. At the end...with over-throwing the tyranny of Pisistratus sons, and became the patron heroes...
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Re-running Marathon
Magazine article by Barry Baldwin; History Today, Vol. 48, May 1998
Subjects: Civilization, Greek--Influence, Marathon, Battle of, 490 B.C.--History
...would restore him to power. It was here that his father Pisistratus had landed in 546 for his successful bid for the tyranny...father had been banished from Athens by Hippias father, Pisistratus. Further cachet accrued to him from his fathers triple Olympic...
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The Founding Fathers & the Classics: The Stream of Classical History Was One of the Primary Tributaries of American Political Thought at the Time of the Founding
Magazine article by Ii Joe Wolverton; The New American, Vol. 20, September 20, 2004
Subjects: Ancient history--Analysis, Education--Usage, Founders (Originators)--Analysis, Founders (Originators)--Services, History, Ancient--Analysis
...other in governing Athens. After finishing his constitutional reforms, Solon left Athens for 10 years. While he was away, Pisistratus, his former friend, usurped control of the government and fastened tyrannical controls on Athens. Both Lycurgus and Solon...
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Building a Creative Hothouse: Strategies of History's Most Creative Groups
Magazine article by Barton Kunstler; The Futurist, Vol. 35, January 2001
Subjects: Business creativity--Technique, Creative thinking--Technique
...cultural backwater of 600 B.C. into perhaps the most influential creative community the world has ever known. Athenian ruler Pisistratus sought to bring the poor peasants and woodcutters of the Attic countryside into the life of the city of Athens. He did this...
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On the Acropolis
Magazine article by Kenneth Koch; American Scholar, Vol. 71, Autumn 2002
Subjects: Poetry
...the subject of the Acropolis. I buy a few down below, on the citys streets, HELLAS KOMIKS and E PARTONIKI. The tyrant Pisistratus used it for a fortress To boss the life-loving Athenians until five hundred twenty-seven B.C. At which time there...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pisistratus  - 9 results

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Pisistratus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PISISTRATUS pisis tr t s, 605? 527 b.c., Greek statesman, tyrant of Athens. His power was founded on the cohesion of the rural citizens...
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Athens , City, Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Roman forum; the temple of Zeus or Olympieum (begun under Pisistratus in the 6th cent. b.c. and completed in the 2d cent...Athens came under (560 511 b.c.) the rule of the tyrant Pisistratus and his sons Hippias and Hipparchus . During this period...
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Peisistratus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PEISISTRATUS see Pisistratus . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Although the tyrants usually tried to establish dynasties, the hold established by their families was short-lived. Pisistratus, Hipparchus, and Hippias in Athens and the later Gelon, Dionysius the Elder, and Dionysius the Younger in Sicily were...
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Hipparchus , Athenian Political Figure
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HIPPARCHUS , Athenian political figure hipar k s, c.555 514 b.c., Athenian political figure, son of Pisistratus . After the death of his father, he was closely associated with his brother Hippias, tyrant of Athens, in ruling the Athenian...
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